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, 1887-01-15
Tho Mysterious Deaths in chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE inquest began
to day on the body of Lucy Heidelmeyer,
step daughter of Lawrence Kruc, who
died recently under circumstances which
caused suspicion that she had been pois-
oned by her step-father in order to obtain
the life insurance held by her. Within
two years krug had three wives, each of
whom was insured and died mys%teriously.
At the inquest to-day, a relative of the
deceased, Miss Schonstein, testified that
on Monday, when the body OF krug's
step-daughter was laid out in the front
room, krug called witness aside in an
adjoining apartment and asked her to
marry him, and when she refused he said,
"You must, for | will make you
DIR. NJ. G. Kellner testified that he had
been called to attend deceased on Christ
mas. He was told that she was suffering
from rheumatism, and lie prescribed for
that malady. Next day he made a criti-
cal diagnosis and was surprised to observe
marked symptoms of lead poisoning. He
asked krug il the patient had eaten
canned fruit, and mentioned the POSSIBLE
ity Of poisoning by hat source. Krug
replied that no fruits had been eaten, and
gave the doctor such a glance, hat from
that moment witness grew suspicious.
He quietly began an antidotal treatment
for lead, and the girl was improving, when
on Dec. 81 he urged that she be taken to
n IoSptfal Ar chic fnnntt,ra xu,tnaea ~ A
notified by krug that his services were no
longer desired.
DIR. John Simpson sustained the sensa-
tional interest which the testimony was
rapidly developing. He had been called
to attend the third Mrs. Krug
and prescribed for malarial fever. from
which it appeared she was suffering.
Next day Krug notified him that another
physician had been engaged. The medi-
cine prescribed had not been given to the
woman. although she was in great agony.
Witness concluded before leaving, that
the cause was accidental arsenical poison.
ing, but as the case was in the hands OF
the family physician, a thoroughly com
petent gentleman, there was no apparent
necessity for interfering.
The inquest was here adjourned until
Monday. During the proceedings Krup
had been quietly taken into custody, and
officers were dispatched to his residence
where all articles of a suspicious nature
were levied upon. The remains of tn,
dead girl will be removed from the vaull
at st. Boniface cemetery and subjected tC
Il thorough scientific examination. krug'i
appearance on the stand on the outset o.
the examination created a rather favorabl,
impression, except for the fact that h,
was excessively nervous.
, 1887-01-15

HALIFAX, Jan. 4.-To-morrow there
will be given to the public the secret,
according to Prof. Henry Youlehind, of
the fisheries trouble and the true basis of
the award of $3.50, 600 against the United
States.
, 1887-01-15

DENVER, Jan. IA Telluride special
to thu Republican says. a fire late last
night completely destroyed the court
house, the building and stock of the Nc
Cormick Hardware company and several
business houses. Loss, $45. 900; one-half
insured
, 1887-01-15
Another Star Route Case Settled

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan. l4-In the
star route case of the government against
j. T. Chichester and others, brought before
United States Judge Caldwell, on "a suit
to recover $4,000 claimed to have been
overpaid oil the mail route extending from
Fort Worth, Tex, to Yuma, Ariz., the
jury, without leaving their seats. returned
a verdict for the defendants. The court
instructed the jury there was no evidence
of fraud.
, 1887-01-15
The House Pension Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-Owing to the
fact that there was not a full attendance
of members OF the house committee on
pensions to day, the bills granting pen
sions to Mrs. Logan and the widow of
Gen. Frank p. Blair were not acted upon,
but were made the special order for next
Tuesday meeting.
, 1887-01-15

CHICAGO, Jan. Is. -Cattle-Receipts,
5000; market j9l0c higher; ship
ping steers, 9j0(Gl 100 pounds, $3.50
OOPS; stockers and feeders, $3.50
(G2 81
, 1887-01-15

Hearst Nominated for the Senate.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1.-THE Demo-
cratic caucus tonight to nominate Il Uni
ted States senator, resulted in the nomin-
alton Of George Hearst on the first ballot.
, 1887-01-15
A Reply to Commissioner Colman


SPRINGFIELD, Jan. l5.-The state live
stock commissioners made public to-day
their reply TO Commissioner Colman, OF
the agricultural department at Washing
ton. 1t is as long or longer than Col
mans letter. and assails him vigorously.
The commissioners impute to Colman
malicious and vicious motives for his at
tack. and claim that the discovery of
pleuro pneumonia in Illinois was due to
them, and that the government bureau of
agriculture had never discovered a case in
any state. They say Colman is now pre-
tending before the public to hold views
about the matter hat he and his >ubor-
dlnates know perfectly well are entirely
different from those expressed at the time
of the trouble. As to the condition of
Shufeldt's distillery sheds, the commls-
sioners say the facts are not as Colman
has stated. They charge that he has
neglected to familiarize himself with the
laws oil Illinois on the subject and conse-
q%uently his recommendations to the gov
ernor are pucrile.
The commissioners undertake to show
that Colman's communication is an entire
misrepresentation of their acts, and that
his complaints contain malicious misquo-
tations for the purpose of deceiving PEG.
pie, They charge that the commissioner
has sought to magnify the .Shufeldt mat
ter. The board claims to have done more
in ninety days to suppress pleuro-pneu-
monia, with limited appropriations, than
tho department of agriculture has done in
more than two and a half years with
ample appropriations, scientific knowledge
and appliances, and to have established
precedents that the department has been
unable to establish. The board charges
that the department has not the capacity
to handle the pleuro-pneumonia question.
, 1887-01-15
To All Cattle Growers.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-Hon. X. G..
Head, president Of the National Range
Association, has issued a circular to all
cattle growers of the Southwest, calling
for their support of the Miller and Carey
bills for the eradication OF pleuro-pnau-
monia. This action is intended to bring
into accord all the great cattle associations
Of the country, and to unite them in sup
port of one measure. 1t is expected that
the pleuro-pneumonia bill will come up in
the house tomorrow.
, 1887-01-15

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30 conts.
, 1887-01-15
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, 1887-01-15

DO not pay ten cents per copy for story
papers containing a few chapters Of some
story, when you can obtain with the
WEEKLY LEADER this full list of books,
embracing Standard, High Glass Iitera.
ture, by the Best Authors, at a nominal
cost.
W EEkL one
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fOar DrfrP Of $50
, 1887-01-15

Have you any doubts about it.
None whatever.
A letter or certificate given by DR..
Busey in October last to Mrs. Emmons,
stating his belief that she was a..sane
woman, was put in evidence. The letter
advised her to abandon alcoholic drinks
and cigarette smoking. and to endeavor
to rid herself of worry and reduce her
self to mental control and discipline.
After recess Mrs. Emmons took the
stand. She was at first somewhat con-
fused, but later regained her composure
and testified glibly as to the date of her
marriage, and to her married life and
travels After taking her over her vari-
u travels, Mr.. Garrett brought her to
her arrival in Washington in 1884.
What happened about the list of
April, 1854, about a letter? viii you tell
it,"
Yes, said Mrs. Emmons, hesitating
a little. They say hate the sin, but love
the sinner; but | must speak the truth,
for they say husband and wife are one,
and | must speak for him the truth"
She then testified at length concerning
certain letters from a woman to Mr.. En-
mons, which she had found, and detailed
her visit to Philadelphia, where she found
the girl and bribed her to give up some of
Mr.. Emmons notes to her.
, 1887-01-15
Mrs. Emmons on the Witness
Stand.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE hearing
of testimony BY the marshal's jury sum
moned to inquire into the sanity of Mrs.
Emmons, was resumed to-day. DR.. Sam
uel Busey, of this city, was the first wit
ness called. He said he had seen Mrs.
Emmons a number of times. He saw
her on her return from Europe.
What is your opinion of Mrs. Emmons
as to her sanity ?" was asked by the
counsel.
81 consider her sane said the wit
, 1887-01-15

.'sn6Scribe for The Leade,.
DaHy,---SI.OO per Month.
Year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

ted, yesterday. Mrs. Logan's floral
tribute to her dead husband told It's
own tale OF sorrow. It was broken
heart The loving mission of placing
this upon the casket had been intrust-
cd to Mrs. Lieut.. Cloner, the daughter
| of Senator Miller, of California, who
died last March. When Mrs. CloneF's
errand was known, q way was opened
for her. Tenderly she laid the token
OF loving remembrance on the casket,
and then stepped quietly away.
The casket was paFtially covered
with the American flag, and piled high
beside were wresths and floral tributes
of the choicest. One of those bore the
words; SIN war victorious; in peace
supreme" Another, from his secreta-
ries, had the words: "Our love shall
never die" One beautiful wreath,
four feet in diameter, of white roses,
was from Congressman HIT
At midnight the scene was e. memoir
able one. The great rotunda, 100
feet across and nearly 300 feet high,
was lighted with q circle of gas-ie
high up in the air. On every side were
the heavy drapings of black cloth.
The casket with it's palms and lilies,
it's flag of brilliant colors, and it's sa-
BILE platform, the profound Stiffness,
the motionlees guard, and the serious.
faces Of those who even at late hour
passed the bier and looked at the pale
but otherwise natural face of thedead
senator constituted a most impressive
picture.
When the Senator was in Kansas
last summer he spoke at Ottawa; and
after referring TO the fact that he had
been criticised for giving what had
been termed excessive attention to the
soldiers, he said: "When I am dead
and gone l want no better. epitaph
than this: "Logan made it his bust
ness to look after the interests of the
soldiers"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

Confederate Soldiers DESTROYS o1a Con-
tributing Towapds 1t.
CHARLESTON, S. c., DAG. 31.--A sub
scription has been opened here for a.
fund for the benefit o5 Mrs. Logan. Tt
was started with the following letter
from an old Confederate soldier:
To THE EEsrOR OF TEE News AgSD CoURIERi
I see by thespapers that the widow of the
late Gen. hogan has been loft in impecu-
NOUS circumstances Gen. hogan was a.
hard fighter against the South during the
war, an3 even after the war, but the
generous. way In which the whole
nation rushed to the aid Of the
cradle OF secession after the recent earth
quake, has obli$erated feom my mind the
imaginary line which divided the North
and South. Enclosed I send $25, which 1
beg tAe News and CoErisr to use as a nu.
clens for g. fuad, to be contributed by Con-
federate soldiers and other Carolinians for
tbs widow Of the late John A. Logan, the
Union warrior and statesman.
A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
A subscription list will be opened
to-day and the people of Charleston
will, out of their poverty. contribute a
mite to the support of the widow OF
brave old "Black Jack"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

! benediction was said, and then at the
word of the occupant of the chair,
Mr.. Sherman, the funeral procession
reformed in the assigned order and
fled out of the Senate chamber,
On the plaza to the east Of tbs Cap
itOl were ranged the carriages which
were TO bear the various committees
and the invited guests to the cemetery.
Behind these were entitled the military
organizations which were to form the
escort, standing at parade rest.
Upon the high marble steps leading
to the Senate and House wings were
masses OF people who had been unable
to obtain entrance to the building
and who, for an hour or more, stood
exposed to the wintry air and the oc-
caslonal gusts OF snow and rain,
awaiting the conclusion of the cere-
monies in the Senate chamber.
AS the easket, preceded by the pail
bearers, was borne slowly down the
steps OF the eastern front, the Marine
Band played "Nearer, My God,
to Thee" every head was uncov-
cred as the casket was placed in the
hearse and the military came to O.
present arms" Then the invited
guests were conducted to the carriages,
and, headed by the Marine band,
playing dirge, the procession COM
menced it's marcht to the burial ground
in the following order:
Lieut.. Gen. p. Fl. Sheridan, marshal.
Chief of Staff-Bvt.- Brig Gen. Albert Ord.
way, United States volunteers.
Aides de- Camp-Col. M. V. Sheridan.
United States army; Lieut.. Col. Sanford O.
Kellogg Uoited States army; Lieut. Col.
Stanhope e. Blunt, United States army
Bvt.-Mai. M. Emmett Urell, United States
army.
FIRST DIVISION.
Battalion of Third United Statesartillery.
Col. III. G. Gibson.
Light Battery @, Third United States ar.
tillery, Capt. j. G. Turnbull.
Battalion United States marine corps,
Capt. F. II. Harrington.
Detachment United States seamen, Lieut..
Commander W. w. Rhoades..
District militia.
Grand Army of the Republic.
SECOND DIVISION.
Senate committee of arrangements.
Hearse
Pall-bearers
Family of deceased.
Senators.
Representatives..
Officers OF the army and navy.
Committee of Mexican war veterans
Committee Military Order Loyal Legion.
COMMITTEES Grand Army of the Republic.
Committee Army of the Tennessee
Citizens OF Illinois.
THIRD DIVISION.
Clerks of the pension bureau.
Other organizations.
No delays of any kind occurred.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Was RIOT That just Like Boys ?
From The. Boston Record.


A few years ago professor OF the
IAcaoenay, while hearing q recitation,
incidentally spoke ola comet then Wis
ible between 4 and in the morning
He asked how many of the class had
seen It,. No. one had seen it,, and al,
were strongly advised, for once, to ge5
up inthe- morning and see. lit. The
class as q body felt the iustice of the
reproof, and determined tofree thera-
selvss frona that stigma. 30 the neEt
morning, BIS the comet made it's ap-
peaCance IN the sky at thsaecustoraed
tiae, it was greeted with tine blare. OF
a hundnsd or more tin horns of allBde-
ssriptions in the hands of as many
boys on the roofs of ahe Commons,
two long rows of boarding houses at
che ends of the campus To say that
the people of the viciaity were, thor
Ioughly aroused is no5 too strong to
put 1t. The professor who gave the
advice was deeply disguised with the
way in which it YVES carried out. and
the result WAS q lecture al prayers
that morning, IN. which he declared
himself assured 44that boys haven't
any sense"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
A snow-Melting Invention.
From the London Times !

From the London Times
In view OF the possibility of heavy
snowfalls during the coming winter 1t
may be well to direct attention to O.
system of snow-melting devised by
r. Lyon, of "a Harleyford Road, Lon
don. When it is considered that fell
of snow 6 inches deep over mile OF
road go feet wide amounts to $3.50
cubic yards the impossibility of re-
moving it promptly by means ofhorses
and carts Is at once apparent.
The more so when it is remembered
that some metropolitan vestries have
from so to 100 miles of road, and
thus have to deal with from 100000
to 600, 900 cubic yards of snow, assum-
ing g. 8 finch fall to occur. The prin-
ciple of Mr. Lyons invention is that
the snow can be dealt with in the
roads on which it falls when it is in g.
light and fieecy condition and there
fore easily melted. The apparatus
consists of g. wrought iron tube about
35 feet long, having furnace at one
end and O. short length ofvertical pipe
for q chimney at the other. The tube
is madeiu lengths of 6 feet and each
length is tapered 80 that they all fit
into each. other and are closely packed
for transport. on wheels. When g. fall
of snow occurs the apparatus is to be
laid along the cutters of the roads to
be-cleared, the width occupied being
about III feet. A FIRE is then to be
lighted In the furnace, the heat from
which will pass along the horizontal
tube. which, has q fatty arched top.
The snow is, then to be shoveled on to
the heated tube, which will melt it the
resulting water flowing to che nearest
gulley. A trial OF the apparatus tooia
place in the St. MaTylebone district IN
February last on some snow which
had fallen long previously and had
been twice carried. Notwithstanding
the aolidifed condition of the snow
and the imperfe ct condition of the en-
perialental apparatus, it is stated that
21 yards Of the eonso lidated snow,
weighing teastons, Sewt., 3qurs., equal
to 908~yards of freshly fallen snow,
were melted in ten hours, with q con-
sumption of coke Of the value oS /
shilling 7penoe, or under z pence per
toa. In view OF these circumstances
and of the possibility that London
may be snow-bound again some day,
it may be as we'll that metropolitan
aad other vestries should look into
ais matter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Cheap Board.

A well-dresssd man catered Phila-
delphia hotel the otheEday, registered,
engaged room, and then, taking a
scaled envelope from bis pocket, hand
ed it to the clerk, saying: "There is q
check in this envelope for $500.
want you to put it in your safe and
keep it for me till Saturday. Don't
give it 80 me before that time, for il
you do Ell esureto get it cashed and
spend it all.n On the strength CT this
be ran such bill that the proprie-
tors suspicious were aroused, and
afser trying in vain to get the stranger
co settle up, he had him arrested
The envelope contained piece of tbs
sue paper. The fellow had played the
same game more than once IN that
city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
NOT SO POOH

Gen. Logan's Relatives Irritated at the
Stories of His Poverty.
CARBoNDALE, ILL.,, Doc. 31.-Gen.
Logan q relatives are somewhat irri-
tated at the much advertising of Mrs.
Logan's alleged poverty. The general
leaves over $1,000 worth OF unin-
numbered property in Carbondale-
namely. 55 acres within the corporate
limits and worth $1OO an acre at a
forced sale, $50 acres adjoining the
limits and worth $40 to $50 an acre,
and dwelling-house in West Street
near the Normal University valued at
ST., 500. He also leaves over 200 acres
near Murphysboro worth over $50 an
acre, 15 acres worth 500 an acre,
and thirty town lots worth 800
each. This Jackson County property
is worth at least $4,000 altogether
without incumbrance.
"That secretary of the Generals,
Mr.. Taylor, who writes letters saying
that Mrs. Logan has nothing but
whatever she may get from the Gen
erals book, seems to be man who
isn't particular about the truth"
said w. S. Rogers, the Generals
brother-in.law, yesterday on the plat
form at Murphysboro, as he and
Tom Logan, the Generals brother,
waited for the train to Wash
ington. "They may say my
brother died poor" said Mr.. Logan,
"but that means comparatively poor,
not absolutely poor. He was poor
for man holding his rank and posi-
ton. His place at Washington is in
numbered, but there isn't g. cent
against our property around here"
The report that Grand Army posts
are raising subscriptions to pay OF an
alleged mortgage on the Generals old
homestead was an especial irritation
to the relatives here. OF course such
reports were erroneous, thehomestead
for which subscriptions were intended
being the place at Washington. Less
than four months ago the General was
negotiating for the purchase of
the Baird farm here and also of DR..
Roberts farm, both of which Join his
own property at CarbondaGe. He
talked of building ahouse and settling
down here as q gentleman farmer.
The Logans have always BEEN well czK
DIR. Logan, the Generals father, CO.
mated the site of Murphyshoro where
the town was laidout, and owned over
1000 acres in the vicinity at that
time, most of which still remains irathe
family.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
THE FUNERAL SERMON.

Eloquent Eulogy Pronounced by the Rev
Mr.. Newman.
The solemn services were begun by
the reading of the Goth psalm by
Bishop Andrews. DR.. Butler read as
the burial service q portion of the
18th Corinthians. Prayer was offered
by DIR. Tiffany and thefuneral sermon
was delivered by DR.. Newman. 1t was
as follows:
Again is this chamber the shrine OF a ma
tons dead. On these walls are again the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
THE NEW YEAR.
BY yELMA CALDWELL MELVILLE.

She coEerh forth in her virgin wilderness,
This Gmfnty, w1nsome, glad New Year
She smileso on all TN her genial brightness.
And pr0shises bountlful hope and cheer
Her robes are wrought in some fairy palace
Fashioned bT fiji. gers az nimble as light.
And Fet with nflffo IS of shining jewels
Pearls, and dtAaoOL'ds az Pleads br ght.
Last night the Ola Yea, stern and foary,
Breathed his last on h9r gentle breast:
She closed his eyes with her lily fiLgers
nd followed him to his EG,al rest
Afmorn she rose in recall beauty
TO reign as queen o'eral the laG5;
HeT klDgdohT's realm unbound- e.,
She rules It with magic wand.
All haiito thee. fair and lovely New Year!
We own thy charms. thy wiiching power,
We feel the spell of thy WondrOus preseaee
And dDthee homage froEsthis hour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

In the dark plaid frocks for little
girls full and sagging bright surah and
taffeta waistcoats are seen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
A MOURNFUL MARCH.

The Procession Wends It's Way to Rock
Creek Cemetery.
At the close of the funeral Grafton,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

WASHINGTON, d. O., Dec. 31.-A
touching incident occurred few min.
utes after the public was first admit
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
FUNERAL NOTES.

Mrs. LOgan's Floral Tribute to Her Dead
Husband -Other Offerings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

soldier who proved himself equal to every
command, that he was never defeated. that
he defeated defeat and achieved victory
when all seemed lost. that from Belmont
to Atlanta, and from Savannah to when,
at the head of the victorious Army of the
Tennessee, he marched through the
avenues of the capital OF a redeemed
country, he gave evidences OF his martial
proves? We must look deeper, and search
with keener insight, for the secret OF his i'm
mense power over his country. His was q
changeless sincerity. He was never in
masquerade. He was transparent to q
| fault Hehad wind ow in his heart. He
was never in disguise. He was as you
saw him. Never did geometrician
bring proposition and demonstra-
ton in closer proximity than was the cor
respondence between Logan's character
| and his appearance. He was Logan every
| time. His was the soul Of honor. He had
| an innate contempt for anything low,
mean, intriguing. He was an open and an
honorable foe. He had q triple courage
| which impaired to him immense strength
His physical bravery knew no fear. His
moral heroism was sublime. But
above these was the courage of his
intellect. Some men have brave souls in
cowardly bodies. The cheek of others il
never blanched by physical danger but few
| rise to the highest form OF courage. Logan
never committed treason against his in
tellect. He thought for himself and spok'
what he thought. He was loyal to his owl
conclusions. Friendship could not deter
him; enemies could not make him afraid
A great name could not daunt him. III,
had more caution than was accorded tt
him, but it was the caution OF intellectual
courage. He was
THE SOUL OF HONESTY.
He lived in times OF great corruption
when the strongest men of both partie